#WhatIsYourZionism
For 2000 years our survival depended on the kindness of our host nation; when it wained we were slaughtered
We would adopt our host's language & culture, but were never accepted, we remained a perpetual guest whose invitation could be rescinded in a moment
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For 2000 years our survival depended on the kindness of our host nation; when it wained we were slaughtered
We would adopt our host's language & culture, but were never accepted, we remained a perpetual guest whose invitation could be rescinded in a moment
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We contributed so much richness to the world, the moral philosophy that underpins western societies, social justice, the sciences, humanities, political and economic models.
But what did it get us? The Farhud, the Holocaust.
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But what did it get us? The Farhud, the Holocaust.
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6 million dead in the Shoah
1 million forced to flee from Muslim lands
We could no longer depend on the kindness of others to save us.
We had to become our own saviours, we had to redeem ourselves.
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1 million forced to flee from Muslim lands
We could no longer depend on the kindness of others to save us.
We had to become our own saviours, we had to redeem ourselves.
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Our broken and damaged re-established our State.
In the greatest act of salvation, the downtrodden overcame their adversaries, they... no, we... emancipated ourselves.
Showing the world's pitiful that there hope.
A light to the nations.
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In the greatest act of salvation, the downtrodden overcame their adversaries, they... no, we... emancipated ourselves.
Showing the world's pitiful that there hope.
A light to the nations.
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The last time we had a country we introduced the Bible to the world.
In just 70 years our innovation already reaches every corner of the planet.
I am a Zionist because I aspire to be one of those lights.
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In just 70 years our innovation already reaches every corner of the planet.
I am a Zionist because I aspire to be one of those lights.
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Replying to @israel_advocacy @mishtal
